Tumwet Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Tumwet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tumwet Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4891:94,4378,405
Uganda521:750,75536,601

Tumwet (59) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Tumwet Demographics

Tumwet Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 6 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Tumwet Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tumwet Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tumwet is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tumwet? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tumwet is the 580,291st most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 13,470,510 people. Tumwet is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tumwet are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Tumwet is also the 1,282,666th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 59 people.

This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 489 people, or 1 in 94,437. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 52 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 47 percent live and Nairobi County, where 0 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent live.

Tumwet Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Tumwet surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tumwete9215/
Tumweet921/
Tumweete861/
Tumbet8313/
Timwet831/
Tomwet831/
Thomwet774/
Toumbet771/
Tumwite771/
Tumbit6733/
Thunwit624/
Tumuite621/
Tumbuit621/
Tutenuit5772/
Thommuet5750/
Thummued571/
Toutenuit538/
Tunved5020/
Tumbid505/
Tunwid501/
Timuit501/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tumwet
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